The screenshot of the game Project: Island
My role in this project is to create concept art for the environment. While another concept artist is designing the gameplay in the adulthood phase, which is supposed to be monochrome and serious, I was working on the gameplay in the childhood phase, which is more colorful and vivid. And I also created the background in the day and night versions to correspond to the game mechanics.
Number of team members: 4 people
Tools used: Procreate
Link to the project (downloadable)
Mac: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T_NRogN8cTbPM9Dsf3nFViUqCcVDxel1/view?usp=sharing
Windows: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CixyJC2-uMQuFlGs9gBY9olkT3YFpSbd/view?usp=sharing
Concept Art
This concept art includes the volcano and the riverside so that it expresses the general feeling of the gameplay in childhood. Later, I turned this into a more formalized imagination of the gameplay.
The concept art of the island
Scenes in Overview
The Riverside Region in Daytime
In the plan, we are going to have more regions after the prototype phase. Thus, for choosing the major color of Riverside, I prefer yellow to distinguish the place from the other potential regions. One scene by the river with autumn leaves falling generates a dreamy feeling. The vibrant color and the movements of the leaves bring relaxation.
In the middle, there is an unfinished bridge by the beavers, who are also the residents of the island.
The Riverside in Daytime with Character
The Riverside in Daytime withthout Character
The Riverside Region at Night
As the cycle shifts, in the nighttime, Riverside becomes misty. As well as the night gets dark, the color of the scene gets dim. Then the guiding firefly, which is a source of light, becomes attractive. In imagination, as the moon comes out in the game, there will be light cast from the leaks of the tree leaves.
The bridge which is unfinished in the daytime now is totally built. This is my imagination for the change of objects in the scene as the progress of the game develops.
The Riverside at Night with Character
The Riverside at Night withthout Character
The Volcano Region
Different from the Riverside, the Volcano is a scene at a higher location. The player could hike on the range of the mountain. There are also two versions of the Volcano. In the daytime, the scene is much brighter with a feeling of open space. And in the night, the atmosphere is gentle with the volcano mildly erupting.
The Volcano represents motherly love in the original design. Therefore in the front, the blossoming flowers are carnations, which illustrates the theme.
The Volcano in Daytime
